review 1: It's short, it's packed with information, it's in a question & answer format... there's very little not to love. You will learn, whether you want to or not; and this should be required reading for journalists and editorialists. Okay, there are two things not to like: first, it's ...

review 1: James Gelvin clearly has incredible knowledge about the Middle East and about the Arab uprisings. I did learn quite a bit from reading this book, but I can attribute that mostly to preexisting (and large) gaps in my knowledge. Overall, this book was poorly researched and opinio...